Pustularia (gastropod)

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Pustularia
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Two views of a shell of Pustularia cicercula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Pustularia
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Cypraea cicercula
Synonyms [1]
  • Cypraea (Pustularia)Swainson, 1840 (superseded combination)
  • EponaAdams & Adams, 1854
  • Pustularia (Pustularia)Swainson, 1840
  • Trivia (Epona)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original rank)
  • Trivia (Pustularia)Swainson, 1840

Pustularia is a small genus of medium-sized sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pustulariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]

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Distribution

These sea snails are found along the coast of East Africa, Australia, Hawaii, the Philippines, the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific region in general.

Species

Species within the genus Pustularia include:

Species brought into synonymy

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<i>Mauritia arabica</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Talostolida teres</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Pustularia bistrinotata</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Naria cernica</i> Species of gastropod

Naria cernica is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Naria citrina</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Cribrarula gaskoini</i> Species of gastropod

Cribrarula gaskoini is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Mauritia maculifera</i> Species of gastropod

Mauritia maculifera, common name : the blotched cowry or reticulated cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Naria turdus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Mauritia scurra</i> Species of gastropod

Mauritia scurra, common name the jester cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Pustularia cicercula</i> Species of gastropod

Pustularia cicercula is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Pustularia globulus</i> Species of gastropod

Pustularia globulus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Pustularia mauiensis</i> Species of gastropod

Pustularia mauiensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Cypraea</i> Genus of gastropods

Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Propustularia</i> Genus of molluscs

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<i>Erronea ovum</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Talostolida</i> Genus of gastropods

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pustularia Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205618 on 2022-03-11
  2. Burgess, C. M. (1967). "A new Hawaiian Cypraea". Hawaiian Shell News. 15 (10): 1, 2.